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sebelius will testify wednesday and also wednesday, president obama takes obama care on the road to massachusetts, a state that's been running insurance exchanges for half a decade. mass is sets the precedent that many in healthcare.gov enrollment will spike the closer we get to the deadline. the irs says 330,000 americans are far enough into the process to find out how big of a subsidy they'll receive. a good indicator of how many people are signing up. but the site faced another glitch. data system that verifies applicant information crashed. 36 states using federal exchanges and the 14 states that run their own. >> friend of the show josh barrow is back, editor of business insider, he is a boston guy. perhaps the answer came from what the healthcare.gov website needs is a pep talk from david ortiz, referring to nice pep talk that big papi was giving the guys in the dugout in the game that led to that winning the game. part of the problem is there's a big project giving the pep talk, part of the problem is we have folks in the democratic party that say we need to push the deadline back. but the
sebelius will testify wednesday and also wednesday, president obama takes obama care on the road to massachusetts, a state that's been running insurance exchanges for half a decade. mass is sets the precedent that many in healthcare.gov enrollment will spike the closer we get to the deadline. the irs says 330,000 americans are far enough into the process to find out how big of a subsidy they'll receive. a good indicator of how many people are signing up. but the site faced another glitch. data...
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i'd also like to know from kathleen sebelius, how am i going to respond? i'm getting thousands of requests from reaching out to my office, telling me that their health care premiums are going up and their health care plan they have is being canceled. >> nbc's white house correspondent peter alexander joins us. based on what that one member of congress wants to ask, you have a laundry list. it's going to be a hot one on k will be speaking and president obama simultaneously to massachusetts, they implemented something to obama care in 2007-2008. white house advisers say we're okay here. we expect most signups to happen in later months. if you take the example of massachusetts, only 123 people signed up in the first month. that's .3% of the entirety of the signups there. there are other issues that are frustrating americans, including sticker shock. a lot of americans who believe they could keep their present plan, because they do not meet the minimum standards required by the president's health care law, are forced to have their plan canceled or changed or s
i'd also like to know from kathleen sebelius, how am i going to respond? i'm getting thousands of requests from reaching out to my office, telling me that their health care premiums are going up and their health care plan they have is being canceled. >> nbc's white house correspondent peter alexander joins us. based on what that one member of congress wants to ask, you have a laundry list. it's going to be a hot one on k will be speaking and president obama simultaneously to...
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go to usps.com® and try it today. >>> still ahead, a touch of snl treatment for kathleen sebelius and the affordable care act. but first, this head-scratcher just into the newsroom from senator rand paul, and america beware the swab. >> but it's no longer true. in your lifetime, much of your potential, or maybe lack thereof, will be known simply by swabbing the inside of your cheek. ♪ stick with innovation. stick with power. stick with technology. get the flexcare platinum. new from philips sonicare. could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know that when a tree falls in the forest and no one's around, it does make a sound? ohhh...ohhh...oh boy! i'm falling. everybody look out! ahhhhh...ugh. little help here. geico. fifteen minutes could save you...well, you know. anybody? female narrator: the mattress price wars are ending soon the mattress price wars are ending soon at sleep train. we've challenged the manufacturers to offer even lower prices. now it's posturepedic versus beautyrest with big savings of up to $400 off. serta icomf
go to usps.com® and try it today. >>> still ahead, a touch of snl treatment for kathleen sebelius and the affordable care act. but first, this head-scratcher just into the newsroom from senator rand paul, and america beware the swab. >> but it's no longer true. in your lifetime, much of your potential, or maybe lack thereof, will be known simply by swabbing the inside of your cheek. ♪ stick with innovation. stick with power. stick with technology. get the flexcare platinum....
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>> reporter: you can expect pointed questions to kathleen sebelius. we've been looking through this, there are eight pages of prepared testimony where she'll talk about the problems with the website, but critics also want to know it tnoknow did the gove about the problems in advance and can americans even afford this insurance. today kathleen sebelius will tell congress that health care to the governor has had 20 million hits and 700,000 applications. but from her medicare chief, no word yet on how many have been able to get past the error messages and actually buy insurance. >> we will not have those numbers available until mid to november. >> reporter: opponents remain unconvinced that the faulty website and the insurance it sells are a good deal. >> there is no way to fix this monstrosity. >> it's a public relations nightmare. >> there's not time for any sand to go take place, but the chain saw needs to come out. >> reporter: today president obama heads to massachusetts to highlight how health reform worked there. he's under fire for promising amer
>> reporter: you can expect pointed questions to kathleen sebelius. we've been looking through this, there are eight pages of prepared testimony where she'll talk about the problems with the website, but critics also want to know it tnoknow did the gove about the problems in advance and can americans even afford this insurance. today kathleen sebelius will tell congress that health care to the governor has had 20 million hits and 700,000 applications. but from her medicare chief, no word...
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secretary sebelius obviously explained that is not the case. what i'm always intrigued by in the health care industry and insurance industry as if these companies were operating always in good faith, that they were not dropping people because of preexisting conditions and other issues, that folks will now be protected with under this health care law. >> it's a very good point, tamron. in the past, in fact, right now, insurance companies can and do drop you from coverage because you get sick or just because they don't want to continue offering a policy. this has been going on for many, many years. what's going on now is a continuation of what's been going on for a long time. congresswoman blackburn, i know her district well, i'm a fellow tennesseen. it encompasses a big rural area and rural residents are especially dependent on the individual market and they have not been able to get coverage they can afford and been black balled because of preexisting conditions. many people in her district especially will benefit. she never acknowledges that,
secretary sebelius obviously explained that is not the case. what i'm always intrigued by in the health care industry and insurance industry as if these companies were operating always in good faith, that they were not dropping people because of preexisting conditions and other issues, that folks will now be protected with under this health care law. >> it's a very good point, tamron. in the past, in fact, right now, insurance companies can and do drop you from coverage because you get...
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one part of this had to do with kathleen sebelius. did she hold enough to give confidence in the west wing? >> i think she held up. i don't think she held up particularly well when she was asked if it was illegal for her to sign up for obama care. it wouldn't be a good idea. >> she didn't want to admit she was on medicare. she is a very young 65. >> i don't think she inspired confidence in anyone that although the questions can be answered on the website or the fact that the president promised, you can keep your plan and that turned out not to be true. no matter how you lawyer it, the people will have to pay more for plans they wanted to keep and not going to be able to keep. that didn't come true. did she answer any of that? i don't think so. >> how did the republican questioners do? was it too snarl? >> i like that they were focussed on the substance of obama care. this is not how well it worked. we know the answer there, but the reality is that there millions of people who are about to get plans they like. this is not about republi
one part of this had to do with kathleen sebelius. did she hold enough to give confidence in the west wing? >> i think she held up. i don't think she held up particularly well when she was asked if it was illegal for her to sign up for obama care. it wouldn't be a good idea. >> she didn't want to admit she was on medicare. she is a very young 65. >> i don't think she inspired confidence in anyone that although the questions can be answered on the website or the fact that the...
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. >> kathleen sebelius. >> we were wrong. we must fix it. >> a few committee members. >> had their rehearsed one-liner. >> to be played on cable news. >> some people like to drive a ford not a ferrari. >> has a man ever delivered a baby. >> of come on in the water is fine. >> toto, we are not in kansas. >> the proverbial, we are not in kansas any more. >> you are from kansas. we are not in kansas anymore. >> you clearly, whatever. >> we are working overtime to improve it every day. >> that's good news. >> this is the hall where. >> mitt romney. >> pick any other republican in the country. >> he did the right thing on health care. >> he is the worst republican in the country. >> we are in this together. and we are going to see it through. we are going to see this through! [ cheers and applause ] >> so sorry that we can't afford the rights to clips of wizard of oz. the secretary of health and human services faced hours of questions at a house committee hearing today about affordable care act. president obama by passed congress
. >> kathleen sebelius. >> we were wrong. we must fix it. >> a few committee members. >> had their rehearsed one-liner. >> to be played on cable news. >> some people like to drive a ford not a ferrari. >> has a man ever delivered a baby. >> of come on in the water is fine. >> toto, we are not in kansas. >> the proverbial, we are not in kansas any more. >> you are from kansas. we are not in kansas anymore. >> you clearly,...
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kathleen sebelius struck an apologizing tone during testimony yesterday. she faced an almost four hour grilling. >> who is responsible for overseeing this project? is it you, or your designee? will. >> we own the site. the site has had serious problems. >> who is in charge, madame secretary? >> the person now in charge as an integrator is qssi, one of our -- >> who was in charge as it was being built? >> qssi was in charge up until -- >> at that team, who is the individual -- >> michelle snyder. >> she's responsible for the debacle? >> excuse me, michelle is not responsible for the debacle. hold me accountable for the debacle. i'm responsible. >> sebelius defended the president's claim that if you have a plan you liked, you could keep it. she insisted the people receiving cancellation notices will be offered better quality options. the key is at what price. while she acknowledged that would weeks was not enough time to test the website, the secretary pushed back against suggestions that sensitive information could be exposed to security flaws. and it is wo
kathleen sebelius struck an apologizing tone during testimony yesterday. she faced an almost four hour grilling. >> who is responsible for overseeing this project? is it you, or your designee? will. >> we own the site. the site has had serious problems. >> who is in charge, madame secretary? >> the person now in charge as an integrator is qssi, one of our -- >> who was in charge as it was being built? >> qssi was in charge up until -- >> at that team,...
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you're on the committee that will question kathleen sebelius on wednesday. what does she have to say? how do you think the administration starts to turn this around? >> thank you for having me this morning. i think carl hit the nail on the head a moment ago. the affordable care act is the law of the land, it's fully operational. we have experienced some very difficult glitches with the website. it's embarrassing, but we're going to fix it. there are four components to the website. we had hearings last week and the different vendors testified that each one of these components was working properly, but when they were integrated in an end-to-end test they did not produce the results that we need. so the website has been recalled for repair, but it will be back out the door by november 30th and all of our uninsured americans can then sign up and get ready for full coverage. >> well, if that happens, as you've suggested, as we saw bill clinton suggest, let's talk about the second challenge here, and i want to put up a "new york times" headline. quote, health site
you're on the committee that will question kathleen sebelius on wednesday. what does she have to say? how do you think the administration starts to turn this around? >> thank you for having me this morning. i think carl hit the nail on the head a moment ago. the affordable care act is the law of the land, it's fully operational. we have experienced some very difficult glitches with the website. it's embarrassing, but we're going to fix it. there are four components to the website. we had...
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even if kathleen sebelius was taken away by martians tomorrow. if they could get her to resign. if they can get the entire administration of barack obama to resign. the affordable care act is law. and what we still haven't gotten to is acceptance of the fact of this act having passed, having passed scrutiny by the supreme court. it will exist no matter how many people they grill on their committees. >> okay. professor dyson, republicans are focused on the horror that people will be forced to get better care than they currently have. >> that's correct. >> and i would like you to take a listen to this. >> analysis has shown that if you're between 18 and 34 right now, about half of the people can get high-quality health care for less than 50 bucks a month. less than your cell phone bill, less than your cable bill. and about 70% can get it for less than 100 bucks a month. >> but here's the point, professor dyson. that's what the koch brothers are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on preventing young people from doing. preventing young people from taking it up. >> absolutely.
even if kathleen sebelius was taken away by martians tomorrow. if they could get her to resign. if they can get the entire administration of barack obama to resign. the affordable care act is law. and what we still haven't gotten to is acceptance of the fact of this act having passed, having passed scrutiny by the supreme court. it will exist no matter how many people they grill on their committees. >> okay. professor dyson, republicans are focused on the horror that people will be forced...
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but now i'd also like to know from kathleen sebelius how am i going to respond. i am getting thousands of requests from -- reaching out to my office telling me that their health care premiums are going up and that their health care plan that they have is being cancelled. how do i respond to that. those are the questions i'd like to know. >> have you asked anyone in north carolina why the state didn't start its own exchange, knowing that there was going to be a 3.5% increase on all those people in your home state of north carolina that would seek insurance that that bill would be larger than other states? >> the reason that the exchange was not set up in north carolina is because of the vast failure that we've seen. we've seen -- >> but you wouldn't have known about any glitches or gaffes. you won't have known about any glitches or gaffes going into it. we have kennect in kentucky doing great, maryland is doing very well. those are examples that we have seen where a success rate is building. why wouldn't north carolina preemptively try to build its own exchange fo
but now i'd also like to know from kathleen sebelius how am i going to respond. i am getting thousands of requests from -- reaching out to my office telling me that their health care premiums are going up and that their health care plan that they have is being cancelled. how do i respond to that. those are the questions i'd like to know. >> have you asked anyone in north carolina why the state didn't start its own exchange, knowing that there was going to be a 3.5% increase on all those...
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today, secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius testified before a republican house committee on problems with the rollout of the health care law. one republican congressman told her she was not in kansas anymore. another told her, he thought he saw her riding her bike in kansas when she was a child. it was a weird hearing. at one point, the secretary just said whatever. in the middle of an answer at a particularly badgering nonsense moment with a republican member of congress. the republican plan on health care was to pretend like it was not the law. then it was to shut down the government to demand that it not be the law. now the plan is maybe sort of trying to make it better. at least demanding that it be better and demanding answers for why it is not better already. when the problems with obama care start to be resolved as they were in massachusetts when that state's law rolled into effect over a period of months and years, when the problems with this nationally start to settle out and it starts to work, then what should we expect from the republicans? the success of the m
today, secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius testified before a republican house committee on problems with the rollout of the health care law. one republican congressman told her she was not in kansas anymore. another told her, he thought he saw her riding her bike in kansas when she was a child. it was a weird hearing. at one point, the secretary just said whatever. in the middle of an answer at a particularly badgering nonsense moment with a republican member of congress....
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i probably don't want kathleen sebelius to invest in a company in which she ran a website for. we have learned a few things in the process already. i think there will be some doubt about the government running a website in particular. and we get to see this process lay out. the results will make a big tifrns. i do think it will be hard for the republicans to get rid of the ban on pre-existing conditions. certain things will be hard to repeal. overall effort, we just don't -- we're very early in a six-month process. don't know what -- until we know the results, we don't know how it will affect government policy going forward. >> it will make it hard for the easy sell. we live in an instant gratification society. we also are at an age where we, as voters, fall prey to the idea that things can be done rather simply. this is part of the obama message of 2008. we can do things simply. george bush promised a simple solution to iraq. these things don't pan out. if you want to push a government message, think from here on you have to be more realistic with people as to the difficulty a
i probably don't want kathleen sebelius to invest in a company in which she ran a website for. we have learned a few things in the process already. i think there will be some doubt about the government running a website in particular. and we get to see this process lay out. the results will make a big tifrns. i do think it will be hard for the republicans to get rid of the ban on pre-existing conditions. certain things will be hard to repeal. overall effort, we just don't -- we're very early in...
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health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius appeared on the hill to apologize for the botched rollout of m healthcare.gov and answer all sorts of bizarre questions. >> men often do need maternity coverage for their spouses and for their families, yes. >> single male, age 32, does not need maternity coverage. to the best of your knowledge -- >> hospital coverage -- >> has a man ever delivered a baby? >> ladies, time has expired. >> man, she was, like, yeah, got you, has a man ever had a baby? i felt like -- are we having a serious conversation about one of the most important changes to how we deliver health care in this country and like it's a gotcha question about whether or not men are pregnant. by the way, you transphobic human, yes, sometimes they are. but katon, seriously, are these can the kinds of questions republicans are going to want to be on the record as having asked these sorts of questions? >> we're going to get past all this. they're going to try to fix it. the question is you have the 2014 midterms coming up. that's where the commercials are going to come. that'
health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius appeared on the hill to apologize for the botched rollout of m healthcare.gov and answer all sorts of bizarre questions. >> men often do need maternity coverage for their spouses and for their families, yes. >> single male, age 32, does not need maternity coverage. to the best of your knowledge -- >> hospital coverage -- >> has a man ever delivered a baby? >> ladies, time has expired. >> man, she was,...